How To Insulate A Single Story Attic
While wearing dust mask and gloves carry r 38 batts of unfaced fiberglass insulation into the attic.
How to insulate a single story attic. Pull the wiring up through the hole and rest it on top. This method can be made to work but the necessary air sealing details are demanding and fussy. Press and tuck the edges of each part of the blanket to make sure they fit snugly and that there are no gaps between. Lay the batts across the ceiling joists covering the existing insulation.
The traditional approach is to insulate the kneewall and the attic floor behind the kneewall. To cut blanket style insulation place the product over a piece of plywood with its paper or foil side down. To build a catwalk you would usually elevate a section of the framing perhaps with 2x6s installed at 90 degrees to the joists and you would install osb or plywood on top of the elevated framing. Cut a hole in the insulation wherever there is electrical wiring.
A better approach is to insulate the roof slope above the attic.